India's GDP is expected to grow at 7.3 per cent in the fiscal year 2018-19, and 7.5 per cent in the following two years, the World Bank has forecast, attributing it to an upswing in consumption and investment.

The bank said India will continue to be the fastest growing major economy in the world.China's economic growth is projected to slow down to 6.2 each in 2019 and 2020 and 6 per cent in 2021, according to the January 2019 Global Economic Prospects report released by the World Bank on Tuesday.

After the reservation for general class, Modi government could soon surprise the middle-class with more friendly annoucements. In order to lure the middle-class before 2019 polls, several media reports are claiming that Centre now mulling over to dole out income tax benefits in its last Union Budget that is set to be presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in about three weeks.

The merger of two Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) subsidiaries — Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals (MRPL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) — is unlikely to happen in FY19.

A source close to the development said, “At this pace, the deal is unlikely to happen in FY19. Neither the MRPL board has taken up the proposal nor a consultant has been appointed in this regard."

Paytm Travel, the online travel booking business of payment wallet Paytm, is bracing to overtake Nasdaq-listed MakeMyTrip in online bus and flight ticket bookings in FY20. The company sold 38 million rail, bus and flight tickets in FY18 with threefold growth over FY17 and is aiming to close the current year with sale of over 70 million tickets.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is working on improving its analytical capabilities.

The move is to aid surveillance and other functions, according to Chairman Ajay Tyagi.

Shares of public sector undertaking (PSU) banks continued their upward journey with Nifty PSU Bank index hitting a four-month high on Tuesday on the expectation of decline in bad loans.

Nifty PSU Bank index, the largest sectoral gainer, was up 2.6% at 3,192 levels, trading at its highest level since September 6, 2018, on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). In comparison, the Nifty Bank and Nifty Private Bank index were up 0.6% each, while the benchmark Nifty 50 index was up 0.32% at 02:19 pm.

Shares of ICICI Bank hit a record high of Rs 375.40 apiece on BSE, up 2 per cent in the intra-day trade on Tuesday.

The stock surpassed its previous high of Rs 375.25 touched on November 16, 2018, in an otherwise subdued market today.

New Delhi: Shares of Tata Motors Ltd rose nearly 3% on Tuesday after the company’s UK subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover Plc reported 16.23% increase in its sales in India in 2018.

Tata Motors shares gained 2.34% to ₹179.35 apiece on the BSE after surging 2.99% to ₹180.50 intraday. On the NSE, the stock closed 2.62% higher at ₹179.95.

TVS Motor Company Chairman Venu Srinivasan has said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates for two-wheelers should be reconsidered, especially at a time when the new safety norms and fuel norms are expected to increase the prices of such vehicles.

Rising urbanisation, increasing purchasing power and the enhanced need for connectivity particularly in mid-sized and smaller cities across India, have fuelled the two-wheeler revolution for personal mobility.

Public sector energy generation major NTPC Limited has planned to invest almost Rs 10,300 crore in Greenfield power plants in Uttar Pradesh.

These plants include a proposed 1,600 megawatt (Mw) (2x800) thermal power project at Shaktinagar (Singrauli) in Sonebhadra district of UP. This project is estimated to entail investment of Rs 9,000 crore, NTPC Regional Executive Director (North) Kamlesh Kumar Singh has said.

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